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If you say they are available, I assume you have found them, thus if
they are free...upload them and replace the fair use images.
On 8/19/07, daniwo59(a)aol.com <daniwo59(a)aol.com> wrote:
There is a lot of talk about getting free alternatives
to restricted Fair
Use images, and how this is actually a priority of the Wikimedia Foundation.
That said, I want to point out one specific area where the Foundation is
failing. The United States consists of 50 states, each of which has a state
seal, but to date, only twenty of the state seal images are free, i.e., 60
percent are fair use images, when a free alternative should be easily
available. In
fact, what possible justification is there for using a fair use image?
Free State Seal images are available for:
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida Hawaii, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
Kentucky, Maine Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New York,
North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington State.
Fair use State Seal images are used for:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho,
Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire,
New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Wyoming.
As you can see, there is no why or wherefore to these lists. I hope that
rectifying this becomes a priority.
Danny
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